na⁺/k⁺-atpase

biology

Written & reviewed by James Millett — Biology (Imperial College London), PGCE Science (University of Cambridge).

Na⁺/K⁺-ATPase: an integral membrane protein that uses energy from ATP hydrolysis to transport 3 Na⁺ out of and 2 K⁺ into a cell per cycle, against their concentration gradients.

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